Psalms 88:15
13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- KJV
- I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- WEB
- I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
- ASV
- I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- DARBY
- I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.
- BLB
- I [am] afflicted and dying from my youth; I bear Your terrors; I am in despair.
- ÅB
- Elendig er jeg og døende fra ungdommen av; jeg bærer dine redsler, jeg må fortvile.
- OTB
- Jeg har vært plaget og nær døden fra min ungdom;
Jeg utholder dine redsler; jeg blir trett. - B1930
- Elendig er jeg og døende fra ungdommen av; jeg bærer dine redsler, jeg må fortvile.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Read in contextLuke 22:44
And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Read in contextPsalms 73:14
For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Read in contextJob 7:11–16
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Read in contextZechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Read in contextJob 17:11–16
My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
Read in contextJob 17:1
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
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